Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . erican diplomas of high degree. Hisconsulting hours are from 7 to t agnd from 5 to 7 may be arranged for by telephone (82 Simpang). Sourabaya is a large commercial centre^ and many industries arehere established to provide the wants of a growing population andexpanding trade. The number is very considerable and would require tobe dealt with in a special volume. As one of tlie most progressive enter-prises may be mentioned the Industrial Comphny, Ltd., which has beenfounded with a c
Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . erican diplomas of high degree. Hisconsulting hours are from 7 to t agnd from 5 to 7 may be arranged for by telephone (82 Simpang). Sourabaya is a large commercial centre^ and many industries arehere established to provide the wants of a growing population andexpanding trade. The number is very considerable and would require tobe dealt with in a special volume. As one of tlie most progressive enter-prises may be mentioned the Industrial Comphny, Ltd., which has beenfounded with a capital of /i,000,000, for the purpose of working, on alarge scale, products from native vegetables, grown in lava, for nativeuse and export. The Industrial Company, Ltd., has at present threefactories—one for soap, one for margarine, and one for cardboard, whichare situated on the Ri\er Kalimaas, about 300 vards from the StateRailway. The soap factory produces, besides soap (which is nearly all absorbedin Java), oils from animal fat, obtained principally from .Australia. 216. 21/ The Margarine factory supplies the native and Chinese populationwith this commodity, but large quantities are also exported to the AsiaticContinent. For the manufacture of margarine is used premier jus fromAustralia, as well as Australian butter. The oil factory produces oil for consumption, as well as for technicalpurposes, from seeds grown locally. The oil for consumption withstandsthe most instringent tests demanded for foodstuffs, whereas the technicaloils are of the best quality. The refuse is worked into a cattle food cake,which has most valuable properties. The cardboard factory produces straw and cardboard of fine qualityfrom rice-straw, bamboo and sugarcane Bagasse which is Australian users of cardboard this factory is as important as it is forthose of Java, as the quality and price of this: cardboard can easily com-pete with any European-made article. THis cardboard received
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